Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-01
CITY TRUSTEES.
Report of A. j. Hopper, City Expert
New Water Ordinance.

Report of A. j. Hopper, City Expert
New Water Ordinance.
The regular weekly meeting OF the Board
of City Trustees was held yesterday morn
ing, all the members present.
B. Labs was awarded the contract for
grading F street. from Twelfth to Eigh-
tenth.
Citizens in the eastern portion of the city
ask, by petition, that the steam fire engine
known as 1.-The reserve" be equipped and
placed in the house on the northeast corner
of Nineteenth and L streets. The matter
was referred to the Board of Fire Commits
sioners.
An ordinance was passed which goes
into effect Immediately, requiring contract
ors and others who use water in mixing
mortar, wetting brick, ETC., to nrst apply to
the Clerk for permission to do SO, and to
pay tor the same. The penalty for violat-
ing this ordinance shall be fine of not less
than SIS nor more than S25, or imprison-
ment in the city prison at the rate OF 81 per
day until such fine is paid.
THE EXPERTS REPORT.
A. J. Hopper, city expert, submitted the
following report upon the late water clerks
file:
SACRAMENTO, May %, 1887.
To The Honorable Board Of Trustees OF The City Of
Sacramento GENILEMEN: In reference to the
account of ]. 7. Stafford, late clerk of the water
works, will state that have examined his ac-
count from September 49, 1886, to April 30, 1887,
with the following result
During this period his account was charged by
the Auditor with s7i 454 OF blank receipts. which
agrees with the account as kept by Trustee
Jones, who signs each receipt
Deducting from this amount the receipts on
hand May l, 1887, of Si3, as counted by the
City Auditor and myself, leaves balance of
SSl ,20S to be accounted for in cash.
Receipts of the City Treasurer show that he
has paid to the city the sum of $50, ST9 %.
There was cash on hand in his office May l,
1857, $3.50 %.
This leaves a balance of SIS due the city on
receipt account. II also shows there should be
on hand s3l DOS of receipt stubs. / find stubs to
the amount of S3l ,129, showing that $40 of the
stubs are lost or mislaid
Checking with cash book the names and
amounts on the stubs found, there are names
and amounts paid aggregating $500 25 which do
not appear on the cash book.
In place thereof there are clerical errors ION
December 3D. 1856, one of S73 more than names),
and in other places the same names and
amounts are entered twice. particularly on
March 81 and April l, 1887, showing that the
entries on the cash book were made merely to
agree with the amount of cash paid the city
each week.
The stubs show the collections for the first
four weeks of his term of Office to be 81 rs
more than is entered on the cash hook. These
omissions aggregate in all $500 D.
These omissions have been balanced by
errors in addition and by duplicate entries, fic-
titious names and amounts entered ON March
3lst and April !, 1887 made in order to make
the cash book agree with the amount due the
city, as shown by the receipt account
His cash book is dishonest record OF collec-
tions almost from the commencement to April.
1887, when Trustee Jones discovered that the
daily collections were not correctly entered.
can find nothing to charge his account with
except balance of S3S due on receipt account,
$40 collected from Mr.. Mannix for which no re-
ceipt was given. and some small amounts added
to the face value of receipts and collected as
shown by the cash book Isl rs, as per annexed
statement).
In regard to the old receipts that the Clerk at
tempted to use second time, you have had a
report from Trustee Jones, which is a matter
collected for which no receipts were given.
The omission to enter amounts collected as
shown by the stubs accounts for the difference
on the loose sheets on which daily collections
were entered, and the cash book.
II you will require your Clerk to enter the
mum Der OF the receipt given opposite the name
on the cash book, and preserve and return to
the Superintendent or the City Auditor the
stub-books of receipts as they are filled and
completed, short examination at any time
will show whether the collections are properly
entered. Respectfully submitted,
A j. HOPPER, City Expert.
There is also balance of 50 due the city on
tap account
STATEMENT.
]. T. Stafford, in account with the city of Sac
ramento:
To blank water ,454 90
By cash paid city...................s3O,S 79 IS
BY cash in ohce....-..... 300 %
By blank receipts. a., 246 10
74,416 90
To balance due s3s 90
To cash collected from Mr.. Mannix, no
receipt 20 90
To amount collected in addition to face
l 70
Total ..................... $50 Is
To balance due on tap account. 600
Total ................. S6S 75
September IL, 1885 10 May /, 1887.
]. T. Stafford, in account with the city of Sacra-
mento-Tap account:
To taps deliyered-value. sos 90
By cash paid city 1858 90
by taps on hand......... ia 90
To balance due the city.................... SO 90
Receipts raised from amounts as charged, adj
ditional amount collected as shown by cash
book, and which should be charged to the ac-
count OF the clerk:
April 80, 1887 Sc 90 to Sc 50..............s0 20
April Do 1So7-Sl6 90 to SIC 50......-......... 50
April ., lSol-s4 W TO "a 2o................. p
April ~, lSS7-S3 90 to 50 25................. %
April q, ISIS 90 to IS 25................ %
10
J. T. Stafford, who was present at the
reading of the report, paid over TO Auditor
Mckee the S6S 70 due the city.
After auditing and allowing number of
bills the Board adjourned